Apocalypse : earthquakes, archaeology, and the wrath of God / Amos Nur ; with Dawn Burgess.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.Description: xi, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 069101602X : HRD
  • 9780691016023
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 930.1 22
LOC classification:
  • CC77.N36 N87 2008
Contents:
King Agamemnon's capital -- How earthquakes happen -- History, myth, and the reliability of the written record -- Clues to earthquakes in the archaeological record -- Under the rubble : human casualties of earthquakes -- Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls :destruction that preserves? -- Expanding the earthquake record in the Holy Land -- Earthquake storms and the catastrophic end of the Bronze Age -- Rumblings and revolutions : political effects of earthquakes -- Earthquakes and societal collapse -- Glossary.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-304) and index.

King Agamemnon's capital -- How earthquakes happen -- History, myth, and the reliability of the written record -- Clues to earthquakes in the archaeological record -- Under the rubble : human casualties of earthquakes -- Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls :destruction that preserves? -- Expanding the earthquake record in the Holy Land -- Earthquake storms and the catastrophic end of the Bronze Age -- Rumblings and revolutions : political effects of earthquakes -- Earthquakes and societal collapse -- Glossary.

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